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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Had kinda the opposite, baby was a bit larger than normal so they decided to induce, and everything they told us was that induction would be a long labor process, especially since it was my wife's first. We go in at 11am, they apply the gel at 12 and then send us home, saying come back at 5pm and prepare for a long night. At home the wife starts feeling mighty uncomfortable almost right away, but we though it was cramps related to the drugs since she wasn't supposed to have contractions for many hours yet. But by 4:00 it's bad enough that we pack up and go back to the hospital, they confirm labor has started, yet still insist it will be many hours yet. They move her to the delivery room and right as they page the doctor that administers the epidural suddenly it's defcon 1 and all hands on deck. Daughter was born at 5:20, wife only had to push for 15 minutes or so
I was quite thankful everyone was wrong and it was a fast process, but holy crap was it ever a blur
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Wow that was crazy. Similar thing happened to us in terms of being induced. They told us over night, even when we called the help line they told us to come back tomorrow morning as it was too soon. Good thing we decided to get checked up since we didn't even leave the hospital yet and bam, her water broke in the check in. We were in the labour room for about 5ish hours then we had to do an emergency C-section. But man, you only had an hour and a bit? That's crazy!!
Did your wife have an epidural? We had a friend that wanted one but the baby came so fast they didn't have time to put one in. She said it was the worst pain she's ever had. I'm really not sure how women can go without drugs man...
